Re: Omnigo & PCMCIA Cards

David larkin (pointers@iol.ie)
Tue, 26 Mar 1996 10:02:34 GMT

At 17:27 25/03/96 BST, you wrote:
>> Great forum,
>
>And filling-up with IBMers, eh... For an HP product... ;-)
>
>>2) - Why oh Why isn't there an external power supply unit for the
>> Omnigo, Iam starting to go through batteries as if they are
>> going out of fashion. Are there any plans for one, or ones
>> in existance that I don't know about.
>
>HP are you listening? HELLO? My last set of batteries last
>about four days (heavy serial port use).
>

I had (as had others) to devise some sort of mains powered device for using
th OGO in the office, primarily to save on batteries. However no-one has
reported any success and HP doesn't leave the OGO specs lying around.

Some very cheap solid state trafos and regulators should be all that is needed.

David Larkin
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